It is the belief of some people that when a person reaches the age of sixty they should then begin their retirement and end their careers. I am of the opinion that this is not the case and that a person should be able to continue working for a as long as they want or need to. This essay shall outline the reasons behind this point of view.
When a person reaches the age of sixty they can potentially still be very active and healthy individuals. Such people have a lot to offer a company and they may wish to end their careers at such an age. With ever improving medicinal practices and healthcare, people are remaining healthier for longer and are therefore capable of working for longer. Being forced to retire may negatively affect a person’s mental health and self-esteem. For instance, the UK Office for National Statistics suggests that those people who retire early without a purpose for their retirement are at a 57% greater risk of a heart attack in the first five years of retirement compared to those who retire later when they choose to.
Allied to this, companies would lose valuable assets for no real reason. A person who is sixty often has a great deal of experience in a company which can be used to train other members of staff or to offer advice to management when appropriate. Losing this experience unnecessarily could therefore have a negative effect on many companies as they may need to pay more money to recruit new people with less experience. Indeed some companies such as Walmart are famous for valuing older employees as they make fewer mistakes and are generally more reliable than their younger counterparts.
To summarise, the valuable experience of older employees allied to the potential negative impacts on those people if they are forced to retire mean that forcing people to retire against their will is not a positive step forward. Governments should ensure that everyone has the right to work as long as they are physically and mentally capable of doing so safely.
It is the belief of
some
people
that when a
person
reaches the age of sixty they should then
begin
their retirement and
end
their careers. I am of the opinion that this is not the case and that a
person
should be able to continue working for
a
as long as they want or need to. This essay shall outline the reasons behind this point of view.
When a
person
reaches the age of sixty they can
potentially
still
be
very
active and healthy individuals. Such
people
have a lot to offer a
company and
they may wish to
end
their careers at such an age. With ever improving medicinal practices and healthcare,
people
are remaining healthier for longer and are
therefore
capable of working for longer.
Being forced
to
retire
may
negatively
affect a
person’s
mental health and self-esteem.
For instance
, the UK Office for National Statistics suggests that those
people
who
retire
early without a purpose for their retirement are at a 57% greater
risk
of a heart attack in the
first
five years of retirement compared to those who
retire
later when they choose to.
Allied to this,
companies
would lose valuable assets for no real reason. A
person
who is sixty
often
has a great deal of
experience
in a
company
which can be
used
to train other members of staff or to offer advice to management when appropriate. Losing this
experience
unnecessarily
could
therefore
have a
negative
effect on
many
companies
as they may need to pay more money to recruit new
people
with less
experience
.
Indeed
some
companies
such as Walmart are
famous
for valuing older employees as they
make
fewer mistakes and are
generally
more reliable than their younger counterparts.
To
summarise
, the valuable
experience
of older employees allied to the potential
negative
impacts on those
people
if they
are forced
to
retire
mean that forcing
people
to
retire
against their will is not a
positive
step forward.
Governments
should ensure that everyone has the right to work as long as they are
physically
and mentally capable of doing
so
safely
.